The Olin Revelation

Message in a Bottle

To those who have it within their power to free me from the shackles that now bind and enslave me, I say the following:

If I am an unwitting servant of Satan, then leave me, like Azazel, shackled and bound. But if I am not, if I am a servant of God, then release me as soon as possible from these shackles that bind me so that I might be able to continue to bring forth the sort of fruits that no one man can consume but by which all Mankind can profit.

And it is in hope of such salvation that I, a man who has never been one to be idle or exceedingly selfish, toss out this message in a bottle.

Dear Guest,

Who invented the alphabet? What do the letter symbols actually represent? Where did the word bridge come from, and how did it come to mean what it means?

There are plenty of websites and textbooks that will provide you with the generally accepted answer to these questions. But the generally accepted answers, in the opinion of this author, are little more than placebos.

This site represents an ongoing inquiry into the origin of the alphabet and the words we speak. Here you will not find the usual answers. Instead, you will be introduced to a radical, new theory concerning the meanings of the letters and their associated sounds. So don’t be overly surprised if what you find here you find nowhere else.

Olin Example

Recently I stumbled upon what I feel is a rather remarkable illustration of what this website is all about. Hopefully those with a scientific background will appreciate what follows and that it will give some amount of credence to the rest of the material contained in this website.

When most of us hear the word lune, we think "crazy person", as in "the guy who came up with this website and its wacky ideas is a real loon¹". However the word lune is actually a term used in mathematics. It comes from plane geometry and it relates to regions that are created by the intersection of two circles.

The mathematical term lune is closely related to another mathematical term, lens. As in the case of lune, most of us usually think of the optical component when we hear the word lens. But the word actually originates again from plane geometry and relates to the intersection of two circles. In fact, a lens is defined as the intersection of two circles.

The diagram below illustrates what a lens is and what a lune is.

diagram 1

If one looks at the lens illustrated above, one should hopefully easily recognize the familiar shape of the optical component called a lens.

The following diagram provides another example of two intersecting circles and the regions defined by them.

diagram 2

While one may still be able to recognize the shape called a lens, one should now be able to recognize another familiar shape: the shape of the crescent moon, which, as indicated before, is given the name lune.

At this point, you should ask yourself the following question: "What do you think came first, the optical component we call a lens, or the mathematical term?"

Given that plane geometry is a field of study that predates optics by thousands of years, and given that the science of optics is founded upon plane geometry, I would tend to think that the mathematical term probably came first. And given that the terms lune, lens and line are all terms from plane geometry and all share the same l*n* letter pattern, I would also tend to think that the origins of these words were all somehow related as well.

Traditional etymologies for these words, however, claim that these words share no common origin. The traditional etymology for lens is that it came from the Roman (i.e., Latin) word for "bean". The traditional etymology for lune is that it came from Roman luna, meaning "moon", and that luna derived originally from Roman lumen² or lux, meaning "light". As for the word line, the traditional etymology suggests that it came from Roman linea, meaning "thread".

The claim then made in traditional etymology is that these closely related mathematical terms were of Roman origin and derived from the Roman names for common objects that were similarly shaped. While this ignores the fact that few beans are actually shaped like lenses, the claims made seem, at least on the surface, fairly reasonable. But if we accept that these traditional etymologies are correct, we must also conclude that the observed l*n* pattern is purely coincidental.

But one should keep in mind that these claims are merely that: claims. There is no proof that the mathematical terms were so derived. No text exists wherein the author explains his or her rationale for how these terms were coined. No one asserts, for example, that they personally chose to name the shape called a lens a lens because it reminded them of beans or that they decided to give the name lune to the shape now called lune because it reminded them of the crescent moon. These are all merely assumptions based on what scholars believed to have been the likely origin of these terms given what was known to the scholars at the time the assumptions were made. In fact, no evidence or proof exists that demonstrates conclusively that these etymological claims are in fact true.

An Alternate Hypothesis

Now I think what we need to do is start from scratch. Like Euclid over two thousand years before us, we need to wipe the sand in front of us smooth. Tabula rasa.

The branch of mathematics known as plane geometry supposedly began thousands of years ago in Egypt, in the city known as Alexandria (which by no coincidence was the home of the famous library). It is a branch of geometry that, as its name implies, deals specifically with planes and planar objects. The Greeks and Romans surely were not ignorant of plane geometry as it formed the basis for their great architecture and many other related sciences. And they got that knowledge long ago from Alexandria.

In plane geometry, a plane is essentially a flat surface that extends into infinity. A line is defined as the intersection of two planes. And as noted above, a lens and a lune are both defined by the intersection of two circles within a plane. In fact, much of plane geometry deals with the intersection of lines and circles.

What the traditional etymologists did not know or recognize was that, as suggested by Plato, another Greek living around the time of Euclid, the letters of the alphabet each have specific meanings associated with them. The letter l, for example, means "surface" and the letter n means "related" or "opposite". The letter i means "within", the letter u means "origin" or "original", and the letter e means "out of".

From the letters and their meanings, we can begin to deduce the exact meaning of each of the geometric terms that we have been discussing. The term lune, for example, translates as "surface original, related out of", which is saying that it refers to the original circle (more precisely, circular area) less the portion that falls within the other "related" circle. The term lens, ignoring the final s, translates as "surface out of related", which is saying that it corresponds to the surface that is shared by the two circles. Finally, the term line translates as "surface within related out of", which exactly states the mathematical definition of a line: a line is formed by one plane intersecting with another plane.

In English we have an aversion for nouns ending in a single s that are not plural. There are a few nouns that end with ss, such as dress, press and class. But a single s is an extremely uncommon ending for the name of an object. So there must have been good reason for ending the term lens with an s. And the answer is made clear by the letter itself.

The letter s is a concatenation of two c's: a c and a reversed c below it. That is, in fact, also what the lens shape is: a concatenation of one c-shaped arc and an opposite facing c-shaped arc. So one can effectively translate the term lens as "surface out of related, arc related/opposite arc".

Could these translations have been the result of pure coincidence? Perhaps, provided that you are willing to also discredit the hundreds if not thousands of other English, Latin and Greek words that yield similarly accurate translations.

We can, from the meanings I have provided for the letters, also see where the Roman words came from. For example, "surface out of related, related changes" (another translation for lens) appears to describe beans or seeds, from which, when planted in the ground (a surface), plants out of. "Surface within related out of" clearly can be seen to describe thread, which cloth (a surface) is weaved out of. And, because the letter a can mean "in front of", the word luna translates as "surface original, related in front of", which accurately reflects the fact that a crescent is formed during a lunar eclipse by the shadow cast by the round object (the Earth) that lies between the Moon and the Sun (yes, Virginia, despite what you might believe, the ancient astronomers appear to have had an idea as to why the shape of the Moon changed!).

I might also point out that the term plane (again reflecting the l*n* letter pattern) translates as "extension surface below related out of", which is saying that a plane can be understood to be an extension of the ground surface (which, perhaps not coincidentally, was what the ancient mathematicians, such as Euclid, drew their diagrams on). Note that the traditional etymology claims that the term plane simply evolved from Roman word plain, meaning "flat or level ground" (as does the same word in English), rather than the other way around.

So to summarize, one has a choice:

One can choose to ignore:
1. the l*n* pattern found in all these words,
2. the obvious deficiencies in the traditional etymologies (e.g., the assumption that an optical lens is bean-shaped³ or vice versa),
3. the fact that the concepts these terms represent all relate to a branch of mathematics having an ancient origin (implying that the terms representing those concepts are similarly ancient),
4. the fact that traditional etymologies cannot explain where the Roman words came from,
5. the fact that the translations for the mathematical terms accurately correspond to the conceptual definitions for the terms, and
6. the fact that the letter meanings I have provided can explain, not only the origin of the mathematical terms, but also the origin of the Roman words that have been rightly or wrongly associated with the mathematical terms.
Or one can choose to simply accept that the letters of the alphabet do in fact have meanings of their own and that the traditional explanations given for the mathematical terms are simply best guesses that prove ultimately to be wrong.

The simplest answer that explains all the observed phenomena merits your serious consideration. That is all I am suggesting.

¹ The word loon is actually a truncation of the word lunatic, a term that allegedly referred to the effect that the Moon was believed to have had on those who are insane. According to traditional etymologies, both lunatic and lune derive from Luna, the Roman name for the Moon. Note that the spelling loon also appears to have relevance with respect to the geometric term lune (in Olin, loon translates as "surface OO related") as well as to the English word moon (both ending in oon), which supposedly had a Germanic rather than Latin origin. Finally, whereas optical lenses bring light into focus, optical lunes tend to produce distortions, suggesting that the term loon may have had more to do with such devices (i.e., lunatics have a distorted view of reality) rather than with the supposed effect of the Moon.

² The Sun, not the Moon, is the most significant source of light in the sky; if anything would have been given the name "light" by ancient people, it would have been the Sun. However, what is significant about the light of the Moon is that it varies with the phase of the Moon. The word lumen, in fact, refers to a measure of light amplitude. It seems more sensible therefore that the name for the measure of light amplitude would have been named after the Moon, a source of varying light, rather than the other way around. The men ending in fact translates as either "produced out of related" or as "movement related, out of related".

³ The English word bean actually translates in Olin as "round object out of below related".

On Language

Most of us take the language we speak for granted. We are told very little of its origins, and what we are told is mostly guesswork and, all too frequently, embarrassingly transparent rubbish. Most of us accept that we will never know where the words we speak came from, and most of us quite frankly don’t care. Language is simply a tool, and whether it was given to us by God or by aliens doesn’t concern us in the slightest. The few etymologies we know, amount to nothing more than cocktail trivia we retain because they amuse us and those we happen to share them with.

As for the so-called “experts”, historical linguistics is akin to a mystery religion and they are its chief priests. They hunt for patterns and plausible explanations; but they often appear to know no more about the origins of language than the Aztec priests of the fifteenth century knew about lunar eclipses. They continue to search for the key that will ultimately unlock the mysteries at the heart of their religion; but, I also suspect, deep in their hearts, they are secretly afraid of what they will discover when such a key is found.

Yet language is nothing short of amazing. There is no denying it. Language reaches deep into the human mind and even into our genetic make-up. Our ancient history—the history that has been lost to us—is encoded in our languages like a hologram. And if such a thing as “magic” does indeed exist, it can surely be found in language, which is perhaps the most sophisticated form of indirect causation that occurs in our universe¹.

The importance of language is a recurring theme in the Bible. In the book of Genesis, God doesn’t just simply create light; God speaks and then there is light. In the Book of Daniel, Daniel is called before kings specifically to interpret dreams and translate writing that no one else can translate. The Gospel According to John famously begins “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”. Such passages and countless others like them provide strong evidence that language is itself a focal point of the Bible.

He who has ears let him hear. The sounds you utter and the letters that represent those sounds all have very specific meanings. And, from what I can tell, every utterance you make evokes those meanings deep within your subconscious and within those who hear you long before either you or they are even aware of the words and sentences that those utterances are part of. You are in fact only consciously aware of the filtered, final outcome—not the acoustic, mnemonic fragments that actively resonated within your subconscious from which the final outcome was synthesized. But that does not mean that those acoustic, mnemonic fragments actively resonating within your subconscious are not affecting you and influencing your behavior all the same.

My original research was not in linguistics; my original research was related to the flood of Noah. But while thrashing through the stories and myths that appeared to be connected in one way or another to the Biblical account of Noah, I stumbled upon the discovery of a lifetime. No, make that the discovery of a thousand lifetimes. I discovered the meaning of the letters of the English alphabet and the sounds that the letters represent. I discovered the key that the linguists have been searching for, a key that would not only unlock historical secrets long hidden from view, but would also open a doorway into the unknown.

One can believe whatever one wants to believe. One can simply close one's eyes and choose to deny the things one has seen or heard and accept the official line. But I cannot. I have seen things and learned things that I can neither deny nor explain away. For me, the evidence is overwhelming. And while I have a thousand unanswered questions, what I do know for certain is that what I have observed is anything but the “usual”.

By discovering the meanings of the letters of the alphabet, I have unmasked what appears to be a fraud, a deception. But I honestly have few clues as to who (if anyone) might have perpetrated the fraud and why. Is it merely a case of the blind leading the blind? Did mankind simply grow ignorant after countless wars and natural disasters as suggested by Plato in his dialog Critias? Are we the victims of a conspiracy orchestrated by Constantine as suggested by Tony Bushby? Was our ancient history fabricated for us during the 16th Century as suggested by Anatoly Fomenko? Or was it all God’s handiwork as suggested in Genesis? What I do know with certainty is that human conspiracy can not account for some of the amazing things I have witnessed in relation to the language I call Olin.

Is it real or is it all merely an illusion? Ultimately, you must decide for yourself. I am merely providing you with the choice.

¹ A universe without indirect causation is a universe in which everything that occurs within the universe is the result of direct transfers of energy (i.e., physical interactions) between particles. The introduction of communication (indirect causation) into the universe, however minute, transformed the entire universe irrevokably. That is because the motion of particles was now affected without a transfer of equivalent energy. In other words, when one speaks and another comes, the one that induces the other to move does so without actually transfering the energy required by the other to move. And regardless of how "small" or "insignificant" the effect that one might perceive such communication to have in total within the vastness of the universe, the first, single act of communication within the universe was, nevertheless, cosmic in scope. It is the difference between the infinity of zero and the absoluteness of one.

And as rare as may be the existence of planets able to support life of any kind, even potentially rarer is a universe that holds out the mere potential (ignoring the probability that such potential actually be realized) to support communication. Had the physcial characteristics of the universe been different, such communication may not have even been possible at all. And for the first communicative event to have been propogated into many such events is also remarkable. The one event, as cosmically significant as it may have been, need not have been repeated. Yet it is clear that the first such event spread like a contagion, eventually evolving into ever higher forms of communication, intelligence and comprehension. Perhaps then it is also significant that those higher forms of communication, intelligence and comprhension eventually reached a point where each of us is able to, not only conceptualize the discrete phenomena within our observable environment, but conceptualize as well the very universe in which we exist.

Chapter 2 provides you with an Olin-based etymological dictionary of over 4500 English words. Note that this dictionary is a work in progress. Many of the translations have not yet been updated to fully reflect all of the insights that have been achieved through recent research. To see some of the more recent translations, you may want to begin by taking a look at the translations for words begining with the letters s, e or i.

Chapter 3: Beyond Babel

While developing the etymological dictionary in Chapter 2, it became pretty clear that English words derived from Latin provided some of the most impressive translations. However, it was also quite apparent that English words derived from other languages also reflect Olin meanings. Therefore, in Chapter 3, a small selection of translations for words from other languages--including Asian, African and Native America tongues--is provided. These foreign words provide strong evidence that the Olin meanings found in English are very likely universal, potentially even encoded within the human genome.

Chapter 4: Olin and the Bible

Clearly if Olin meanings are evident within Hebrew and Greek words, one would reasonably expect to find Olin meanings within the Bible as well...and one does. But something far more remarkable became evident as these meanings were being researched. Specifically, each name within the Bible appeared to assume far more than a single, simple meaning; instead, each name appeared to miraculously reflect multiple aspects of the stories they appeared within, almost as though details of each story evolved from the names of the story's key characters. It would be easy and quite tempting to conclude that the names inspired the stories or that the Olin meanings are completely arbitrary, assuming any meaning one desires them to have. But that would not do justice to what is made painfully clear. The Olin language is anything but ordinary.

Chapter 5: What's Really in a Name?

For some, there is no God, no mystery that cannot be explained. And the easiest answer they can give for a miracle is that it is simply an illusion, a clever parlor trick that can only serve to deceive. For them, there is truly nothing in Chapter 5 worthy of their precious time. But for those of you who do believe in miracles, you are encouraged to read further and discover for yourself that every name, even your own, is, in fact, God given.

Chapter 6: Historical Distractions

My research into the language I call Olin has curiously led me into an investigation into the history of Europe and, more significantly, England. Despite some of the things I have said concerning Olin, this new research effort has substantially relied upon more traditional concepts related to linguistic morphology and etymology. However, while clearly not rooted firmly in the language I call Olin, which is the primary focus of this website, I believe that I have been able to make some rather interesting observations that linguists and historians alike may wish to take note of. Of course, this work is on going, so do not be too surprised if you return one day to find the pages in this section reorganized (again).

Chapter 7: The True Wages of Sin

Money, like language, is a symbolic tool that significantly shapes social behavior. Its reason for being is to encourage and facilitate productive behavior. And, like language, its use and abuse have long played a central role in shaping human history. The global financial collapse of 2007 and other recent events exposed a failure to exercise good judgement with regard to its use. This section is devoted therefore to papers related to money, its use and related social concerns. Most of these papers are still considered rough drafts, however, so revision dates have been provided.

Appendices

Translation Assistant

Do you have a translation that you would like to submit for use on this website? This tool will help you to do just that.

Message in a Bottle

Olin Example

On Language

Table of Contents

Appendices